Ironing-board.



A. KENAN.

IROIHNG BOARD.

APPLICATION 21mm no, so, 1907.

914,956. 7 Patented Mar. 9, I909.

ANNIE KENAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed December 30, 1907. Serial No. 408,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE KENAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ironing boards and the object thereof is to provide an ironing board in a manner as hereinafter set forth and which is particularly adapted for the ironing of shirts and shirtwaists, as well as for any other purposes for which the board is found applicable.

The invention further aims to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth an ironing board embodying two members suitably connected together and each of which is capable of performing the function of an ironing board when used independently of the other.

The construction of ironing board in accordance with this invention will be hereinafter more specifically described in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and the features of novelty possessed by the board will be set forth by the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an ironing board in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the board in its reverse position, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the detachable supporting legs.

Referring to the dfawings in detail, 1. designates a board shaped to conform to the contour of a shirt bosom or shirtwaist. The one end of the board is cut away as at 2 to accommodate the neck portion of a garment, while the sides are cut away as at 2 for the body of the garment. Secured to the board 1 by means of bracket arms 3 is a standard 4 to which is attached a sleeve board 5. To opposite sides of the lower portion of the board 1 are secured loops or keepers 6 adapted to receive the inwardly bent ends 7 of legs or braces 8, the lower ends of which are-turned outward to provide feet 9 to rest on the top of a table or other support.

The utility of the improvement will be readily understood. When the bosom of a shirt or the front of a shirt waist is to be ironed, the legs 8 are secured within the keepers 6, to support the device upon a table or stand. The form of the board 1 adapts it to the shape of a shirt bosom facilitating the work of ironing. To iron the sleeve of a garment, the device is reversed, and its supports 8 are removed which brings the sleeve board 5 into convenient position for work, and the board 1 provides a substantial base or support.

While the improvement is primarily designed for ironing shirts, or shirt waists, and the board 1 is shown as adapted for that special line of work, it will be apparent that the contour of the board 1 may be varied to adapt it for ironing other garments or articles, and I would have it understood that the invention includes all such modifications and variations in its details as may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the claims.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. An ironing board consisting of a member of a contour to conform to the bosom of a garment, a sleeve board of less width than said member, connections between said board and member whereby they can be reversed and used independently of each other, keepers carried by the. underneath face of said member, and supporting legs detachably secured in said keepers.

2. An ironing board consisting of a member of a contour to conform to the bosom of a garment, a sleeve board of less width than said member, connections between said board and member whereby they can be reversed and used independently of each other, and legs adapted to be detachably-connected to said member.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANNIE KENAN.

I/Vitnesses MAX H. SROLOVITZ, A. J. Truce. 

